Monday, 16 November 2009

SCRIPT

L’AMOUR DU SANG Written by Thomas West, Co-written by Luke Parker, Corey Kasza & Karl Swales.

SCENE 1. EXT URBAN AREA. EARLY EVENING.

JASPER is sat on a bench; he is staring at a woman across the street.

JASPER

It wasn’t always like this; I was normal like everyone else. I didn’t ask for it, I wouldn’t wish this upon anyone. Imagine living everyday hating yourself and who you are.

Look at her. She’s innocent, pure, human.

SCENE 2. EXT CHURCH. EVENING

JASPER is exiting a church; he walks solemnly with his hands in his pockets, he walks towards the gate, but a mysterious figure is stood looking at him. JASPER starts walking the other way to the other exit, but another figure is stood there. Several shots show us that they are vampires, they show their fangs and start hissing, they advance on jasper who rummages round to find his cross, he holds the cross in front of his face. The brown Haired Vampire [MARQ] grabs the cross and throws it away the blond haired vampire [LOUIS] grab’s JASPER and restrain’s him, while JASPER tries his hardest to escape. The Ginger Vampire [SOLOMON] Advances towards JASPER, and toys with him before biting his neck.

SCENE 3. EXT. URBAN AREA. EVENING.

The Young woman, Abi, walks across a road and looks at Jasper

ABI

Do you have a light mate?

JASPER

(Shocked) Excuse me?

ABI

A light, for this (waves cigarette)

JASPER

Sorry I don’t have one.

ABI

Oh okay! (Sits down next to Jasper and starts rummaging through her bag)

ABI starts looking through her bag for a lighter

ABI

Got it…would you like one? (Offers cigarette to Jasper)

JASPER

Sure

(They smoke. Abi’s smoke is white, but Jaspers is red, she doesn’t notice any difference.)

SCENE 4. EXT. DARK URBAN AREA. NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN

Close up of Jasper, he is laid on the ground on a dark rainy evening, his face is covered in blood, he has just been in a fight and has been abandoned we see the other vampires returning to him

MARQ

Have we made our point clear now!

LOUIS

Betray us again and you’ll wish you were never born!

JASPER

You don’t understand! I don’t want to be like this anymore!

MARQ

Let me pummel the bastard!

SOLOMON

Wait…we give you the gift of immortality and this is how you repay us?

LOUIS and MARQ start to beat us JASPER, They all put up the fight of their lives, blood splatters everywhere, and JASPER gets thrown to the floor again.

SOLOMAN

Have you learnt your lesson yet?

JASPER

I will never be one of you!

MARQ snarls and lunges forward but LOUIS restrains him.

SOLOMAN –

Well you shall be destroyed!

LOUIS

Any last words?

JASPER

Bite me!

MARQ

(Chuckles) don’t worry we will.

LOUIS, MARQ & SOLOMON surround JASPER, he slumps into a ball and remains still.

SCENE 5 EXT URBAN AREA. EVENING

JASPER is looking down at his feet his cigarette burning away, ABI looks at him

ABI

I’m Abi by the way (she smiles)

JASPER

Jasper

ABI

I was wondering…would you like to go for a drink?

Jasper

I would like that.

They start walking away from the bench and walk past a dark alleyway, Jasper starts to twitch, he is visibly starting to change more ‘vampire’ like.

JASPER

Wait here; I’ll be rite back.

ABI

Okay

Jasper scuttles into the alleyway, his eyes start to get darker, his face goes pale and his fangs are more pronounced than before, in his head we see a montage of the other three vampires: LOUIS, MARQ & SOLOMON, laughing and taunting him, we also see all the events of the film so far and a few shots of JASPER’s struggle.

JASPER

Abi! I need your help a minute.

ABI runs into the alleyway, she seems apprehensive.

ABI

What’s wrong? (She sees jasper) oh my god!

JASPER

I’m so sorry, but I can’t take it anymore, I must have your blood.

ABI

I knew it, vampire, I can help you.

JASPER

Its too late, i'm so sorry

JASPER attacks ABI, they fight, at one point JASPER has the upper hand and attempts to bite ABI, but she manages to break free, she then rummages through her bag and gets out a gun and a stake.

ABI

I didn’t want to have to do this.

She shoots him several times in the stomach and blood splatters everywhere, he lies on the ground in pain and starts to panic. She then stabs the stake through his chest and he eventually dies. She sits next to him on the ground, and wipes the blood from his forehead. She puts the same cross that JASPER lost in an earlier scene around his neck. She kisses his forehead sobbing and walks away from him. The last shot is of jaspers head on the ground with ABI’s feet walking away.



Fake Blood Recipe


The basic tried and tested recipe for all purpose fake blood is



  • 200ml Water

  • 5 Tablespoons Cornflour (corn starch)

  • 300ml Lyles Golden Syrup (or Corn Syrup)

  • 2 Teaspoons of fresh cream

  • 5 Teaspoons Red Food Coloring

  • 2 Drops Green Food Coloring

Just mix the water and cornflour together, then add the rest of the ingredients. It looks fantastically spooky in itself and is great for bleeding scars and vampire mouths. It doesn't taste wonderful but is totally harmeless for vampires and ghouls of any age and even washes out of clothes well.

Call Sheet

monday - filming starts 9 am and wrap time 1o-30 pm filming the first scene at town hall - 16th of november
cast needed Thomas and Kimberley
crew needed lights and sound , director , catering , camera , skill photographer , make up artist , stunt coordinator
email Corey for contact numbers and other enquires
meeting at town hall at half eight and should leave around twenty to eleven

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Cast and Crew list

Cast

Thomas West – Jasper Murcrott

Kimberley Sayles – Abigail Evers

Corey Kasza – Louis Tussaud

Karl Swales – Solomon of Bulgaria

Luke Parker – Marquis Flanders

Crew

Director – Corey Kasza

Editing – Thomas West and Corey Kasza

Producer – Karl Swales

Sound – Luke Parker

Lighting – Luke Parker

Costume – Corey Kasza

Special effects – Thomas West

Stunt coordinator – Corey Kasza

Caterer – Karl Swales

Make up artist - Corey Kasza

Camera – Corey Kasza

Stills photographer –Thomas west

Props manager – Karl Swales

Prop list

Gun / Karl

Fake teeth

Stake / Thomas

Cigarette / Karl

Bag / Kimberley

Lighter / Karl

Cross / Thomas

Umbrella / Corey

Food and drink / everyone

Blood / Luke

Costume / everyone

Make up

Hair accessories / everyone

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Character Concept Designs

This is the concept artwork for the main character Jasper Murcrott, He is dressed in a long Dark Coat that reminds me of victorian and wartime clothing.
His Clothes are simple and plain, and he wears jewellery. His Shoes are Bright red, as our film is going to be shot in mainlyblack and white, with red highlighted.
His Hair is brown and medium length, to show that he looks after his apearance but dosnt try too hard.
His Clothes reflect his personality, he tries hard to fit in with the crowd, and not get noticed as a vampire.

More ideas

(found at the start of the project but never got round to uploadind them)
http://www.shortfilms.com/video/54/Stalker
http://www.shortfilms.com/video/89/Farewell Nice twist at the end and some good titles but a bit long and boring/ slow in the middle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/filmmakingguidegoodshort lots of good advice :)

Monday, 12 October 2009

film title

l'amour du sang

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Questionnaire results

Are you Male or Female?
Male (50%)
Female (50%)

How old are you?
12--18 (70%)
19--25 (10%)
25+ (20%)

Do you like short films?
Yes (50%)
No (50%)

What was the last short film you watched?
The Hunt (20%)
About a Girl (20%)
Ice-Cream (20%)
Didnt watch a short film (20%)
Cant remember (10%)
R-B Balloon (10%)

What did you like about the short film?
Plot (About a girl)
Tense, un-expected twist (Hunt)
Short, Funny, Simple (R-B Balloon)
Straight to the point (Hunt)
Short + funny (Ice-Cream)
Drawing in the animation (can't rememeber title)
Good story line (About a girl)
Didnt like it, No story behind it (Ice- cream)

What Genre of a film do you like?
Horror (30%)
Sci-fi (30%)
Mystery (60%)
Action Adventure (40%)
Drama (10%)
Comedy (10%)

Have you ever watched a film with Vampires in it?
Yes (100%)
No ( 0%)

What was the film called?
Cant remember ( 0%)
Blade (10% )
30 days of night (20%)
Twilight (20%)
Undreworld (20%)
L V Killers (10%)
Nosferatu (10%)

What did you like about this film?
The monster was good (Nosferatu)
Very Funny/ Great Actors (L V Killers)
Great Storyline (30 Days of Night)
Lots of action/ Great Storyline (30 Days of Night)
Good story line ( Underworld)
Blood guts, action(Underworld)
Actors (Twilight)
Action/Actors (Blade)

Questionnaires


Media Questionnaire

(Please circle your answers)

1) Are you male or female? Male Female

2) How old are you? 12-18 19-25 25+

3) Do you like short films? Yes No

4) What was the last short film you watched? ...............................................................................

5) Where did you watch it? Cinema Internet TV Other?...................................

6) What did you like about this short film?.....................................................................................

7) What genre of a film do you like? Horror Sci-fi Mystery Action/Adventure

Other?..............................................

8) Have you ever watched a film with Vampires in it? Yes No

9) What was the film called? ............................................................................

10) What did you like about this film? ....................................................................................................

Thank you for filling out this Questionnaire!

This is what the questionnaire looks like, i will give 10 questionnaires out to different people.

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Character Profile



Name: Solomon of Bulgaria

Age: 19 (bitten unknown)

Nationality: Bulgarian

Appearance: Long ginger hair/ Blue eyes/ Tattoo (Vampire sign), Dark clothing (Flash Back) Modern dark clothing (Present)

Personality: Shy/ bored/ depressed/quiet

Skills: biting people/ plotting/ killing

Biography: Very little is

known about his life before he being made a vampire bar him being a heavy alcohol user, the vampire that bit him is believed to have been killed by a hunter.



Monday, 5 October 2009

Character Profile


Name: Abigail 'Abi' Evers
Age: 20
Nationality: British
Appearance: Attractive and youthful, Long Brown Hair, Brown Eyes, Modern trendy clothes.
Personality: Polite and Quiet, Tough and Resiliant.
Skills: Fighting, Strong willed.
Biography: Abi Evers is an aerobics instructor from a town in the midlands, She has struggled to get where shes is today, as her father passed away on a trip to eastern europe when she was 15. Following a number of strange visits from her late father's 'friends' she has decided that she is no longer safe and has sworn to protect her friends and loved ones from the mysterious beings her father once kept away.

Tuesday, 29 September 2009

character profile

name-louis tussaud
age - 20 (has being a vampire for 190 years )
nationality-french
appearence- blonde, green eyes, pale,clothes dark colours but individual
personality-charming,chatty,the nicest one of the group, deceiving
skills- speechcraft
biography-born in a small village in france ,his family weren't very well off but louis had big dreams so he went to paris where he met soloman and he was turned into a vampire .He is the second member of the coven and he does all the talking for the group. he doesn't always agree with the other twos ways of killing but keeps his mouth shut and always gives in to his thrist in the end.

Character Profile


Name: Jasper Murcrott
Age: 19 (Although has been 19 for over 130 years)
Nationality: British
Appearance: Pale, Medium Length Brown Hair, Bright Mysterious Eyes, Dark Victorian Clothing.
Personality: Quiet, Solitary.
Skills: Stealth, Tracking, Perseverance.
Biography: Jasper was an apprentice to a successful entrepreneur in the late Victorian period, before he was pursued by a group of vampires, who wanted to add another member to their group. Shortly after joining their Coven, He disagreed with their monstrous slaughters, and decided to hunt solitary, where he preyed on people he didn’t think would be missed.


Character Profile


Name: Marquis Flanders
Age: 21 (Been 21 for over a 160 years)
Nationality: Dutch
Appearance: Brunette/ Brown eyes/ Tattoo (Vampire sign), Dark Victorian clothing (Flash Back) Modern dark clothing (Present)
Personality: Sly/ Cheeky/ Impatient
Skills: Stealthy/ Lots of stamina/ Skilled in fighting
Biography: Born in to a life of petty crime and theft. Soloman found him and turned him into a vampire un-known to why. Now he is an Accomplice to Soloman, and just like Soloman he is brutal and blood-thirsty.

Monday, 28 September 2009

Character Ideas

Here are some rough ideas for our characters and who is going to portray them.

Lead Vampire (Thomas West) Jasper Murcrott
Coven (Karl Swales, Corey Kasza, Luke Parker) :
Louis Tussaud
Solomon of Bulgaria
Marquis Flanders

Monday, 21 September 2009

Here are some links to short films that me and Karl have watched;

.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_MbWIBgYfY&feature=related

.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzFhofvftOo

.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVy4mRh729s&feature=related, < this one we liked because the twist in the story and its closely related to ours.

.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR1-TSijLuY&feature=related

Vampire Story Idea (with links).

The plot of our short film idea is that a male vampire is pursuing his prey. This will be in first person, with a narration as his thoughts. Their will be a few scenes that show us that he is a vampire such as a flashback sequence and some shots of him looking into a mirror (without a refelection). The Film will end when our main character is killed by either the prey or another character.

Here are some links to other movies that are similar to ours and will be useful to us.
The Underworld Trilogy : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN_uIWlIrNI
Van Helsing : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umXH5FfeTYQ
Twilight : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2T7d8j6I5I
Lesbian Vampire Killers : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOIRq4hSIMw
The Vampire's Assistant : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPC-5VoCkNE
Dracula : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdNfl6RHh2g
Interview With A Vampire : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGkBMe3j-Sk
Blade Trilogy : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isUy0RRTmkk
30 Days Of Night : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Q3PdT6GFQ

posted by Thomas.

Monday, 14 September 2009

my other idea is about a vampire hunting his prey and in the end killing them but through the film showing him in the past on how he became a vampire .

idea 2

it's about a stalker following his prey

first idea

Our first idea is based around the never again music video by Kelly Clarkson .The basic plot is that a boyfriend wants the life money of his girlfriend so he drowns her in the bath, and through his guilt he sees her everywhere and she torments him by pushing him around. It turns out in the end that she is actually alive and kills him.
Link To Music Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPKUdoBKVqc

IDEAS

One idea is making a 5 minute film or part of a documentary about one person and their life. it would be shot in first person, so it would be like being in their head. We would have a voiceover so we could represent what he is thinking. The film would be about his struggles with life.
(idea by Luke, Karl & Thomas)